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Newsletter No. 364
A British Columbia woman, Gail Lane, regained her sight after a decade of blindness thanks to a rare “tooth-in-eye” surgery that implanted her tooth into her eye socket. Meanwhile, the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) warns that patients with sight loss still face major risks when health information isn’t p...
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Newsletter No. 363
From multi-million-pound research grants to classroom pilots of cutting-edge assistive tech, this edition is packed with fresh momentum in eye health and accessibility. We spotlight breakthroughs ranging from tactile-notched Mastercard payment cards and Neuralink’s forthcoming “Blindsight” implant to a Royal Society call ...
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Newsletter No. 362
This issue covers Fight For Sight funding for 13 charities, an AI revision tool built by blind students, and RNIB’s six cost-saving proposals for NHS eye care along with a Lancet study on global gaps in access to glasses, new community support projects, including RNIB’s phone-based “Living Well” course and a therapeutic g...
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